Press release No. 140 of 21 April 2016
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the quantity of cigarettes on which tax was paid in Germany increased by 22.0 % in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The total value of tobacco products in terms of retail prices on which tax was paid in Germany in the first quarter of 2016 amounted to 6.7 billion euros. That was an increase of 1.4 billion euros or 27.6 % from the corresponding period of the preceding year.